Dr Lim Yongwei

​MBBS (London), FRCS (Urol) (Glasgow), FAMS (Urol)

Consultant

Sengkang General Hospital Sengkang General Hospital

Specialty: Urology

Clinical Appointments

Consultant

Urology

Academic Appointments

Clinical Lecturer

About

Dr Lim Yongwei completed his MBBS training at St George's, University of London in 2008. After completing his foundation training in South-West England, he returned to Singapore in 2010. He started his Urology residency training with SingHealth at Singapore General Hospital in 2012 and completed the Urology senior resident training in 2018. Dr Lim is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow (Urology) since 2018. He is a practicing Urologist at Sengkang General Hospital since 2018.

Education and Training

MBBS (London): St George's, University of London, graduated in 2008

MRCS (Edinburgh): 2014

Urology residency (SingHealth): 2012 to 2018

Specialist Accreditation

FAMS (Urol) by Academy of Medicine Singapore: 2018

FRCS (Urol) (Glasgow): 2018

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinical Instructor, Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Content Expert, Clinical Teacher, LKCMedicine
  • Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
  • Singapore Urology Association
  • FAMS (Urol)
  • FRCS (Urol) (Glasgow)
  • MRCS (Edinburgh)

Research Trials

  • Medication Facilitated Ureteral Access Sheath Deployment During Ureteroscopy: The Impact of One Week of Pre-operative Tamsulosin – multi-centre trial
  • ProstaCare: Water electrolysis treatment for BPH – multi-centre trial

Publications

  • Technical Consideration for Bipolar Enbloc Resection of Bladder Tumours. YW Lim, Neo SH, et al, Videourology May 2021, 35 (4).
  • Two Weeks Too Long: Optimal Duration for Ureteral Prestenting and Its Physiologic Effects on the Ureter in a Yorkshire-Landrace Pig Model. Lim KS, Lim YW, Yong DZP, et al. J Endourol 2019 Apr;33(4): 325-330.